Known internationally for presenting work of exceptional inventiveness and physical beauty, MOMIX is a company of dancer-illusionists under the direction of Moses Pendleton. For 20 years, MOMIX has been celebrated for its ability to conjure up a world of surrealistic images using props, light, shadow, humor and the human body.

In addition to stage performances world-wide, the company has frequently worked on special projects and in film and television. MOMIX has made five Italian RAI television features broadcast to 55 countries (including the USSR and China) and has performed on Antenne II in France. MOMIX was also featured in PBS’s “Dance in America” series. The company participated in the “Homage a Picasso” in Paris and was selected to represent the US at the European Cultural Center at Delphi. MOMIX dancers Cynthia Quinn and Karl Baumann played the role of “Bluey” in the film “FX II”, under the direction of Moses Pendleton. The company is featured on a Decca Records laser disc, appearing with Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony in the Rhombus Media film of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”, winner of an International Emmy for Best Performing Arts Special. In 1992, Mr. Pendleton created “Bat Habits”, developed with the support of the Scottsdale Cultural Council/Scottsdale Center For the Arts, Scottsdale Arizona and the University of Washington to celebrate the opening of the San Francisco Giants’ new spring training park in Scottsdale, Arizona. This work was the forerunner of “Baseball” which was created by Mr. Pendleton in 1994. MOMIX is featured in one of the first IMAX films in 3-D, “IMAGINE”, premiered at the Taejon Expo 93 and subsequently released at IMAX theaters world-wide. MOMIX has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Spain, Greece, Italy, France, Germany, Russia, Denmark, England, Austria, Ireland, Holland, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and Australia. The company is based in Washington, Connecticut.

MOSES PENDLETON, Artistic Director / Choreographer

Moses Pendleton was born and raised on a dairy farm in northern Vermont. He received his early performing experience exhibiting Holstein Friesians at the Caledonia County Fair. In 1967 he won the Vermont State Cross-Country Ski Championship. He received his BA in English Literature from Dartmouth College in 1971 and co-founded Pilobolus Dance Theatre in the same year. In the 1970’s Pilobolus won world-wide acclaim for its innovative blend of acrobatics and imagination, including the Berlin Critics Prize in 1975. Pierre Cardin presented the group on Broadway in 1977. In 1979, he choreographed and performed in the Paris Opera’s “Integrale Eric Satie”. Mr. Pendleton began to work outside Pilobolus in 1980 when he choreographed the closing ceremonies for the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid. He also performed his solo “Momix” at the Games, which became the name of the company he founded the following year. In addition to his work with MOMIX, Pendleton has been active as choreographer and performer for numerous other companies. In 1980 he revived Picabia’s Dadaist Ballet “Relache” for the Joffrey Ballet. He created the role of the fool for Yuri Lyubimov’s production of Mussorgsky’s “Kovanschina” at Milan’s La Scala in 1982, and later that year staged and performed in the Deutsche Opera’s production of “Tutuguri”, based on the writings of Antonin Artaud, in Berlin. He choreographed Stravinsky’s “Pulcinella” for the Ballet de Nancy in 1985 and Rameau’s “Platee” for the US Spoleto Festival in 1987. In 1988 he supplied choreographic “mise-en-scene” for a revival of Cocteau’s “Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel” for the inauguration of the Florence Gould Hall at the Alliance Francaise in New York, and in 1989 he choreographed “AccorDION” for the Vorbuhne-Zurich Theatre. He contributed the choreography for Lina Wertmuller’s production of “Carmen” with the Munich State Opera in 1993. Pendleton has also performed as a soloist in dance galas in Europe and at the Metropolitan Opera. His film work includes “Moses Pendleton Presents Moses Pendleton” for ABC Arts in 1982, winner of a Cine Golden Eagle award; Julian Lennon’s “Too Late for Goodbyes” directed by Sam Peckinpah in 1984; and the 1991 film ”FXII”. Pendleton has directed numerous special programs for Antenne ll in France and RAI Television in Italy. He co-starred with Charles Dutoit in the Emmy Award winning Rhombus Media film of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Also active in music videos, his work appears in Prince’s “Batdance” music video for the movie “Batman,” and rock videos for the bands White Lion and Shadowfax, and for pop singer Cathy Dennis. Through Pilobolus, his work has been seen in PBS’ “Dance in America” and “Great Performances” series. He has appeared at night on the “Tonight Show”and in the morning on “Sesame Street”. He was once a guest on “To Tell the Truth”. His 3D IMAX film “Imagine” was released at IMAX theaters worldwide in September 1994. An avid photographer, Pendleton’s work has been exhibited in London, Milan, Montreal and Aspen. Along with his commitment to MOMIX, Mr. Pendleton’s other recent projects include the workshop production of Disney Theatrical’s “Hunchback of Notre Dame”; a commission for The Arizona Ballet rooted in Native American folklore; “In Movimento”, a live production for Procter & Gamble with the Romanian National Gymnastic Team and FIAT’s 100th Birthday Celebration in Torino, Italy.

Mr. Pendleton was a 1998 recipient of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts’ Governor’s Award. In 1999, he was awarded the Positano Choreographic Award.

Mr. Pendleton was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1977.